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a commitment to coexistence crisis” from the 1980s to the present day, and will 14 march day 8 JANUARY present an exhibition in April in Tabakalera sasha waltz & guests. project market. from 1 to 7 Triple contemporary dance programme from the A square for exchange and collective creation. Two The 2016 European Capital of Culture is a winter solstice call. until november Berlin company. Kursaal days to create and improve social projects: 8 April

Winter Solstice Call. Temporary and fleeting light whatsart. in and 1 October in San Sebastian. living together = X = together living great opportunity to promote culture and installations that transform traditional illumination A team of eleven young people with creative curio- 20 march into a work of art. La Concha. sity and a desire to take on an artistic project that day 10 dialogue as ways to construct a better promotes coexistence in the area where they live the march of poetry. will be created. Coinciding with the spring equinox, a literary pro- music box festibala. coexistence in which mutual understanding cession through San Sebastian led by artist Esther Sleaford Mods + Les Marines dj’s. Albaola Itsas Ferrer to celebrate World Poetry Day. Kultur Faktoria. prevails. In addition, it will serve to strengthen until december

baitara baita. from the 25th to the 27th from 15 to 23 ties with the rest of Europe and promote Time Machine Soup. A playful gastronomic happe- ning which traces the history of food from life in the stop war festibala. europa de cine y derechos humanos.

innovation in the cultural sector. caves. At the 2016 headquarters. Festival that will bring together local and internatio- A Europe of cinema and human rights. International nal musicians and give a voice to groups that fight screening of the Film and Human Rights Festival from 1 to 26 november against wars. with a Human Rights Film Network forum. hibrilaldiak. entire month Fertility from a different perspective. Processes time machine soup. where associations, companies and groups of until march Happening gastrolúdico que recorre la historia people in general face their challenges with the de la comida desde la vida en las cuevas. En la herri zahar, andre berri. support of professionals from areas very different sede de 2016. The impact Basque society has on the role of wo- a participative programme from their own. men in local traditions and their representations.

day 20 from 20 to 25 the giant of . from 26 march to october The programme proposes a framework that inaugural party. San Sebastian début of the children’s opera on the insert change. Five days with an extensive programme of activities life of Miguel Joaquín Elizegi. Recognition of video games as a cultural product brings together artistic initiatives and cultural and a spectacular public party. that allows for experimentation with realities and processes arising from public participation. conflicts. from 22 to 15 may The projects and initiatives invite us to re-think 1966/gaur konstelazioak/2016. 27 - 30 october how we relate with ourselves, our society and San Telmo will bring together two exhibitions. One 2016 bidea. on Grupo Guar, and another on current artists. The- A 32 stage journey through , Bizkaia, re will also be others in Chillida-Leku, Jorge Oteiza Alava, and Navarra, creating new routes through our surroundings. Museoa, Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Okendo, Galería protected natural spaces. Kur, and Galería Altxerri. day 16 music box festibala. from 22 - 17 december Tindersticks + Frank. Miramon Amphitheatre. iturriak /Fountains. day 21 Installation by Maider López in the Ondarreta helmut Lachenmann in San Sebastian. gardens, with fountains that have been removed until november from the city. The Musikene Symphony Orchestra will perform a permanent legacy his piece Schreiben in a free concert. Kursaal. on appétit! Residencies of a dozen professionals from different

European countries to fuse culinary cultures. The until december day 23 public can taste the results in the show cookings The DSS2016EU programme has been designed music box festibala. euskarriak. which will take place. Coronas + Bullet Proof Lovers. Plaza de Bilbao. Reflections and messages on linguistic diversity to leave a specific legacy for the future: citizens which will appear throughout the city. until october

who are more free, humanist and respectful of from 25 - 18 march hidrologikak. from the 26th to the 27th labore. Guided Urumea river excursions, bioengineering human rights; a more participatory society that The San Sebastian museum network comes alive in rekording. workshops held in partnership with European the form of creation spaces for specific projects. Dramatisation of the soundtracks collected on experts, artistic installations at the edge of the river learns to resolve its conflicts through culture memories of the city. until november and conferences on the different aspects of the dssirez. river and water management. and the arts. San Sebastian hopes to transform until may until december Zurrumorbo agents will fight against myths and itself into a reference point for culture and creativity on the stove. false beliefs to dismantle the rumours that establish until december Three lines of action to reinvent Basque gastro- tira-birak. a single model for sexuality. The Caravan of DSSi- Exhibition on cartoons that have reflected on socie- ondarebideak. creative processes. nomy: youth spaces, entrepreneurial support, and res will travel through the city’s neighbourhoods, the publication of a documentary and book on the ty in a satirical fashion. University campuses in the encouraging us to reflect on and enjoy erotica. Digital platform which allows for the digital resour- Basque Country’s culinary revolution. Basque Autonomous Community, Navarra, and the ces from museums and archives to be visited, along Northern Basque Country. with exhibitions created by experts and individuals.

until october throughout the month APRIL dance2gether. beauty and the beast. MAY An intense experience of living together, where day 1 Malandain Ballet Biarritz, OSE, and San Sebastian the possibilities that body language offers will be a new way of working 2016 will present Thierry Malandain’s latest crea- experienced and explored, culminating in a mass icma awards. may 1 tion in the Kursaal. Arnaud Mahoy will hold works- The International Classical Music Awards, the hi- choreographed dance in October. thanks jimi. hops open to the public in the Victoria Eugenia. ghest honours in classical music, will be presented Wroclaw’s Thanks Jimi festival will be replicated, in San Sebastian. He project has a special impact on those with the goal of breaking the Guinness world record FEBRUARY for guitarists playing the mythical song ‘Hey Joe’ by areas which promote knowledge and the use until 8 June Jimi Hendrix.

of technology (Hirikia), strengthen mediation from 2 - 13 December between sands. Installation by Federico Guzmán. A nomad tent challenges. Programme of conferences and debates to raise created by the artist in collaboration with the Reina from 3 to 7 through creative processes (Hazitegiak), Sofia Museum.In San Telmo. citizen awareness, to orient and equip people with emusik. drive linguistic diversity (284+), facilitate the tools necessary to face the great collective A multitude of European students will come toge- challenges of the 21st century. ther for the European Festival of Music Schools. empowerment and citizen participation The inaugural concert will be held in San Sebastian. day 7 MARCH (Bestelab), and promote critical thinking music box festibala. Bill Ryder Jones + Perlak. Iglesia de Zorroaga. through contemporary art (Pagadi). entire month prime time. until june International announcement to present a TV pro- #donostia2016 anarchivo sida. gramme on the 2016 culture and values that modify www.dss2016.eu Aims to map aesthetic and performative practices the concept associated with ‘Prime Time’. and collective experiences that focus on the “AIDS 17 - 2 october until december until 31 october 26 - 2 october architecture. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR Film languages. An annual season of conferences,

1516-2016. peace treaty. corale. passion for knowledge. workshops and screenings that explores the rela- Peace treaties. 300 works from renowned artists Exhibitions on the relationship between war and Reflection on the links between the choral tradition and A festival to promote science that serves as a tionships formed between the audiovisual language itsasgileak. beste hitzak. —Goya, Rubens, Murillo, Zurbarán, Le Corbusier, peace. ‘1513. Between the Peaces of Urtubia. cultural identity and education. The C.C. Okendo will meeting point between the scientific community and architecture and urbanism. Construcción de la Nao San Juan. A European circuit of artistic residencies Picasso...— on loan from museums such as the Geography of the country’ (Jorge Oteiza Funda- remember the experience of the Eresoinka cultural mission and citizens. The Victoria Eugenia. that promote the circulation of literature Louvre, the Prado, and the Reina Sofia.In the San zio Museoa. Altzuza). ‘1660. With Peace in the in the choral performance event ‘Eresoinkaren Izalak’. lighthouse of mystery. A project that will written in minority languages. Telmo Museum and Koldo Mitxelena. Pyrenees’ (Baionako Euskal Museoa). ‘1808. For Workshops will also be organised, one based on lullabies, document the mysterious tales of the collective forum theatre: What about you? the Abdication of Bayonne’ (Le Didam. Bayonne). and another to promote integration. entire month San Sebastian imagination, and which will result in Seven stage performances explore diffe- an interactive web-documentary and the full-len- rent situations that have arisen from the ‘1839. Before the embrace. Gestures and kalebegiak. ping. from 20 to 22 gth feature Paranormales, which will be presented violent conflict in the Basque Country. Initiative to produce and expand interpretation’ (Museo Zumalakarregi. ). Film created by directors who use the city of San during the 2016 Horror and Fantasy Film Festival. telecommunication networks that join olatu talka. ‘1930. At the Pact of San Sebastian. History and Sebastian as their setting. Asier Altuna and Telmo syncope’ (Ganbara del Koldo Mitxelena). ‘1937. On forces with the Guifi.net free and neutral Seventh edition of the festival. AUGUST Esnal, Luiso Berdejo, Daniel Calparsoro, Iñaki artivist enlistment. Guernica. War and civitas’ (Arte Ederren Museoa. day 26 networking project. Camacho, Borja Cobeaga, María Elorza and Maider Interactive seminars and citizen interven- Bilbao - ). ‘1987. After the Algiers conver- Date to be announced music box festibala. Fernández, Isabel Herguera and Izibiene Oñederra, tions. The resulting audiovisual material sations. Breakdown and postponement. (Artium. day 6 The Coup + Albert Cavalier, Amor de Tokyo, Ventura... Ekain Irigoien, Julio Medem, Gracia Querejeta and last train to treblinka. will be brought together in exhibitions. ehunberri. Vitoria). ‘1936. Josep Maria Sert and the League of Representation of a work presented in Larratxo Viveros de Ulía. music box festibala. Imanol Uribe will participate. Diverse methodologies, closed and open Nations’ (San Telmo). Music Box Festibala. Clem Snide + The New Raemon + Kultur Etxeaon on Doctor Janusz Korczak, who spaces, seminars, and days to reconstruct Eraul. 2016 Space Terraces, Torres Arbide, and Tabakalera. in 1942 directed an orphanage with 200 Jewish europa Transit. the Basque social fabric. orphans before they were sent to the Treblinka A delegation will travel through ten Euro- until december concentration camp. pean cities that have been or are currently Mile of Peace. day 27 the scene of conflicts in order to compose 2016 Readings. A journey that adopts the Urumea river as a metaphor. a digital mosaic on European identity. Book recommendations from booksellers itsasfest. day 27 At three points, performances, meetings, and works- and librarians based on the content and Ondarreta Beach will be the backdrop for a large festival hops will take place. NOVEMBER themes of fifteen DSS2016EU projects. ez dok amairu hitzez hitz. that aims to bring the environment closer to the public. european Dialogues. Concert in which four youth choirs will sing songs Forum for dialogue that puts the greatest day 12 recorded by members of the avant-garde cultural challenges that the European Union faces return trip. movement Ez Dok Amairu, interpreted and arran- all month long irrizetak. on the table. Prestigious speakers will Residencies to enrich projects and artists. JULY interact with the public regarding the cons- Exchange programme that contributes to ged by current composers. glad is the day. Alongside health workers and collectives involved truction of Europe. San Telmo Museum. the internationalisation of Basque artists. With its origins in the collaboration of the Dabadaba and in the various aspects of health, comedians and 27 - 15 october from 4 to 8 Le Bukopwski venues, this event’s programming is growing. writers will take part in various sessions in order to tosta. codefest. Daytime, outdoor festival to be held in Egia. create messages for the public that will highlight The Atlantic route of linguistic diversity. Tosta will The Codefest International summer school wants to make plaz & play. the importance of a healthy life. visit seven small linguistic communities (between JUNE technological resources available to users for the learning Cooperative, physical, creative, mental, digital, and June and September) and promote collaboration of minority languages. A week long practical workshop. classic games reclaim the streets as a place for lei- day 19 between their artists. Pop up festivals will be held at Ibaeta campus. break a leg! SEPTEMBER sure, and games as a recreational form of sporting each destination. 16 performing arts professionals with different abili- exercise which is not competitive. Public squares in music box festibala.

ties and disabilities will live together for two weeks. San Sebastian. Surprise concert. from 4 to 6 june day 8 throughout the month The piece resulting from their collaboration will be world puppet festival. performed during two sessions. itsasgileak. between september and october other activities The World Puppet Festival reaches San Sebastian music box festibala. UA caravan of oxen will cover the distance between Quin- for its quadrennial meeting. The International Nimu & Primo + Disco Bambinos + Sorpresa. Gabarrón, tanar de la Sierra (Burgos) and , transporting wood gabon, txirrita. out of place, out of time. Marionette Union’s World Conference will be From 3 to 12 Port and balcony in a square in the Old Town. for the construction of the ship Nao San Juan. Coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the This project encourages individuals institutiona- held, along with the ‘Masters of the 20th Century’ zapart. bertsolari’s death, a piece written by Xabier Lete lised in prisons (Martutene) and mental health exhibition. Cartoon street. The neighbourhood around the will be brought to the stage together with the town facilities to create new symbolic worlds. The result from the 9th until december day 10 street Reyes Católicos will transform into a big of . And a sort of continuation written by will be shown in an exhibition at the KM. cartoon full of activities related to comics. donostiapedia. music box festibala. Bernardo Atxaga will be represented on the sages of komisario berriak. Aims to combine the knowledge of Wikipedia with the Tempelton. Araba Park. San Sebastian. A project for training emerging curators which ad- experience of citizens and visitors themselves. The goal vocates rethinking the practice of curatorship and entire month is to bring together all this collective knowledge about encourages new professionals to emerge. San Sebastian. 19 - 2 october awaken the Sound. Day 11 30 - 2 october chejov vs. shakespeare. hirikilabs. hitzargiak. Contemporary music from a child’s perspective. music box festibala. corners of europe. European authors exchange letters on literature, Laboratory on digital culture and techno- Languages that mutually enlighten each Students from two schools that have no prior Chris Eckman (The Walkabouts) & Chantal (Slee- until 31 august Presentation of works from artists participating in this street tartar. conflict, and the role of the writer. Bernardo Atxaga, logy that organises activities which relate other. Search for initiatives, ideas, cam- education in music will revisit the music in a way pindog) + Pet Fennec. Aquarium. platform to encourage multi-disciplinary collaboration. Manteo will transform itself into a meeting point for Harkaitz Cano, Eider Rodríguez, Luisa Etxenike, to the digital world, collaborative creation, paigns, projects, and pilot projects imple- speaking walls. that can be used by contemporary composers as a artists and activities that transform public spaces in Laura Mintegi, Arantxa Urretabizkaia, Fernando and citizen empowerment. A space for re- mented to encourage European minority foundation for new music scores. The participants order to form a more creative society. Aranburu and Ángel Erro are participating in the flection on, and experimentation with, how languages. A web platform will collect all Speaking walls. The murals painted this month on different will then perform these at a final event with instru- 12 - 30 October project. and why we use technology. Tabakalera. of this creative and innovative energy and walls will serve as the setting for dance and projections. ments they have made themselves. will consolidate it into a meeting to be biziz. San Sebastian. Pasaia. . kontukontanitz. held in June. Five expeditions by bicycle will reveal Europe’s OCTOBER Through short stories featuring large characters, diverse styles. They will return to San Sebastian in until June we take a journey accompanied by mental, sen- lapublika. time for the European Mobility Week, which will day 13 sory, intellectual and physical disability in order to Programme of activities on the way in itzultzaile berriak. kooperarock. welcome them with a party. better understand the daily lives of the people who which artistic practices construct public A grant for foreign translators to improve The art of cooperation. The basic values of coo- music box festibala. live with them. A writers residency programme spaces, the internet, media outlets, and their knowledge of the Basque language. peration will be addressed, and awareness will be 21 to 24 July os Punsetes + Svper+ Students’ bands. Plaza de la will be set up. the mechanisms in which we participate to It seeks to expand the limits of literature raised among the school community by involving it a midsummer night’s dream. Universidad, Architecture Building. manage that which is common. written in the Basque language. The trans- in the creation of a theatrical performance. Evocative staging of Shakespeare’s play on the lators will share their experience in events open to the general public and in specific 400th anniversary of his death. Cristina Enea park horkonpon. DECEMBER sessions geared towards the translation until august will intensify the story’s enchantment. An open workshop on the repair and reuse sector. of household appliances and devices that shared city. from 8 to 10 we use in everyday life. Do it yourself. Do it Seeking to expand the view of the city inhabited european language diversity summit. together. 2016 Space and Tabakalera. ikusmira berriak. through workshops, exhibitions and interventions. hroughout Europe, linguistic communities have A programme to support audiovisual created hundreds of social groups in order to be projects that show innovation and expe- artistic research residencies. able to live in their own language and encourage rimentation. Training and residencies for until september Two invitations to apply for support for its development. San Sebastian will hold a summit audiovisual creators. The resulting mate- the development of projects that integrate crossing bridges. in which experts and entities of different types will rial will be screened at the San Sebastian society and art. Tabakalera. The city’s bridges will be transformed into spaces come together to sign and present the Linguistic Film Festival. that, in collaboration with Wroclaw, Dublin, and Rights Guarantee Protocol. Kursaal Ljubljana, will welcome different literature, music, kaleidoskopio. carte Blanche. and theatre festivals. Hybridisation practices between students Carte blanche for Esther Ferrer, Anjel until July all month long from 14 to 17 from different disciplines with the purpose from 9 to 16 Lertxundi and Jone San Martin, dealing from 20 to 23 of enriching academic projects, lending mugaenea. tratos. feministaldia. with exchange, dialogue, and developing until october suddenly Europe. new points of view and recognising the The Santiago bridge which unites and Hendaya international film students meeting. A re-reading of Cervantes’ comedy, ‘Life in Algiers’ Celebrating its 11th edition. The Plazandreok plat- empathy. Esther Ferrer has presented Europe’s best singing improvisers will gather in San Sebas- value of disciplinary diversity. without a goodbye. will be transformed into a temporary cultural An established meeting organised around Zinemaldia that (1580) by an international cast of actors who have form focuses workshops, screenings, concerts, and tian for an international meeting of oral traditions from Eu- three proposals: I’ll tell you about my life, Work to collect and reconstruct musical and centre. brings together students from film schools around the personal experience of being an immigrant in Euro- meetings on demanding a more participative, equal, ropean cultures. Miramar Palace and the 2016 headquarters. The path is made by walking, and The literary memory. The results will be shown in world. Tabakalera. pe. San Sebastian and Madrid. and democratic culture for everyone. In Tabakalera. mugalariak. poetic march. Anjel Lertxundi has invited until August three acts in the spring, summer, and autumn, and Renewal in the performing arts. Thea- five authors who write in hegemonic will serve to remember the individuals who were other activities in varietate concordia. from 21 to 24 tres and cultural centres in the Southern languages to reflect on the durability of from 16 to 24 day 17 violently snatched from us. Eleven San Sebastian residents with eleven diffe- new drama. Basque Country and Aquitaine open their literature in languages whose potential 12 points. The listening observatory. rent mother tongues have worked to find words cinema and conflicts. The purpose of this invitation is to create continuity, music box festibala. doors to welcome dance and theatre resi- is significantly less. Jone San Martín The Irish festival will visit San Sebastian within the Jazzaldia This has the mission of studying the intersec- which sound the same. A book, a website, and an In Zinemaldia, a session of 35 films will represent the most promoting the creation of drama by feeding it with Belako. Euskotren Station. dency projects in their creation phase. proposes a series of dance performances programming. Kursaal and Victoria Eugenia. tion between sounds and listeners in the urban exhibition will be the result of this encounter. varied panorama possible of how cinema has handled war new voices and texts. Grants will be offered to between August and October. and social fabric. in the last few decades. writers of other literary genres.